The Kodachrome Century: National Geographic in Colour

From glass plates to the magazine stand: National Geographic’s colour archive, Technicolor’s three-strip triumph, and the slide film that outlived them all — the last roll shot by Steve McCurry.

Playlist by @color_plate_birth

14 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. National Geographic: The Last Roll of Kodachrome — SteveMcCurryStudios
2. Imaging Kodachrome and Ektachrome at National Geographic — Digital Transitions
3. Early Color Photography at National Geographic — Digital Transitions
4. The Kodachrome Project (full documentary) — Jerod Welker
5. Kodachrome: The Final Days — Studio C-41
6. Four-color letterpress printing of National Geographic Magazine in the nineteen fifties and sixties. — Philip Zimmermann
7. NG125: Exploring National Geographic's Photo Archive — Where's Andrew?
8. Meet Our Vintage Collection Archivist, Bill Bonner | National Geographic — National Geographic
9. What is a Kodachrome? | Colour Photography Processes | V&A — Victoria and Albert Museum
10. Color Photography - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 11 of 12 — George Eastman Museum
11. The Film That Brought Colour To The World: Technicolor — In Depth Cine
12. The History and Science of Color Film: From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers — Filmmaker IQ
13. The Stunning Evolution of Color in Film | WIRED — WIRED
14. Technicolor at 100: The Road to Color Film Production — National Gallery of Art